Can Microsoft Office be downloaded for free?

I'm not looking for an answer but to give response to a now closed question.


This is a limited time offer, Microsoft is now offering the Office 2007 Beta to be downloaded free from its site. And for students, there Visual Basic Express and C# Express %26amp; C++ Express is available for free download till November. Get in on this before the offer ends. After this time period you'll have to pay for the downloads. You download before the that period the software is yours to keep for absolutely free, check it out:


http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/...


http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/expres...

Can Microsoft Office be downloaded for free?
Thank you very much to the reminding us of OpenOffice, I neglected to mention it. It includes OpenOffice Base %26amp; Impress, (alternatives to access and PowerPoint respectively) which you do not get in the Microsoft Office Package.


Thats was for those of you who insist on using Microsoft products.


I would like to also refer to sourceforge.net which would give "Dia", the opensource alternative to "Visio" and "Imendio Planner for Windows", the opensource alternative to Ms Project.





Please not that "sourceforge.net" offers source code downloads so be sure that you chosse the ".exe" to use the end product.





And in response to this "When you join thier subscriptions for MSDN, like 3 grand a year last I looked, you can download alot for 'free'!" It actually is free. I am a current VB student and I am taking advantage of this offer, 'cause you don't get much free from Microsoft. It has a saved me a bundle. I have both VB Express and Visual Web Developer Express and they're running perfectly. There is no $3000.00 charge. So do it before November and you're good to go.
Reply:Adding to your posting: Oracle Express, MS SQL Express, and, you know, even Open Office which is not Microsoft but is also a good option and uses and saves files in MS Office formats...
Reply:Yea its a limited time offer. I've used Microsoft Beta products and after a few months they just stop working and throw an error saying the trial period is ended. It is however pretty cool way to learn the software and test stuff on.
Reply:is this just an add?
Reply:Microsoft opened Beta years ago to the puiblic thank goodness. They used to send fbi to your house before that when the testing was done i have friends it happened with.





When you join thier subscriptions for MSDN, like 3 grand a year last I looked, you can download alot for 'free'!
Reply:www.openoffice.org
Reply:http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/...





The link above gives the download but also explains that the beta has an expiry date of Feb 1st and will have a limited function after that.





You can download Open Office which looks and feels very much like the Microsoft version, but is entirely free and available for commercial use as well.





http://openoffice.org

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